James O'Gara (32), a New Jersey native living in Galway, was arrested on Tuesday on foot of a High Court warrant last July and has been remanded in custody for a week. He is the subject of an application for extradition in connection with a robbery in New York in 2007, where he is alleged to have left behind him both the $12,600 in cash, stolen in the robbery, and a gun.

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